FACTBOX: What is known about tankers’ situation after closure of the Strait of Hormuz

MOSCOW, March 4. /TASS/. The Strait of Hormuz is under the full control of the Iranian Navy, Mohammad Akbarzadeh, Spokesman for the IRGC (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the elite unit of the Iranian Armed Forces), announced. Ten oil tankers attempting to pass through it have already been struck by missiles and drones, he said.

Several thousand tankers and bulk carriers are in the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf awaiting passage through the Strait of Hormuz, according to TASS calculations based on data from online services tracking maritime traffic.

TASS has compiled the main information on the situation.

- On March 2, General Ebrahim Jabari, advisor to the commander of the IRGC, threatened to "burn" any tanker attempting to transit the Strait of Hormuz.

- The Strait of Hormuz connects the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman and further on with the Indian Ocean.